St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-13
Utah, to be register of the land Office at
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THE OCEAN YACHT RACE.
The COrOnet ana Dauntless start ON
Their Trip TO q Queenstoyvn.

the great ocean yacht race between Mr..
Caldwell Fl. Colts schooner Dauntless
and r. II. Bush's Coronet. This is
the infant attempt of the latter in the
racing line, while the Dauntless is a vet
eran in ventures of the like, and is the pos
SCISSOR of many significant topics. The day
broke bright and clear, the sun spreading
its cheerful rays over the land and making
the sea with it's foamy. crested pillows,
sparkle like myrads of diamonds. At sun
rise heavy winds. like those OF yesterday,
prevailed, and the tumble and roll OF the
waters continued. The white caps were
on the increase and the strong north
westerly breeze scattered the glistening
spray at will. Along the shores of the
Narrows the waves spent their force and
died with serpent-like Kisses. Further in
toward the Long Island shore the waves
grew smaller until they broke silently
upon the sandy border. In the early
morning the crews on board the yachts al
ready in commission, and those in the basin
near the New York Yacht club house and
South Brooklyn showed signs of life.
BRASS WAS FRIGHTENED,
this hull and that stay were set upon and
everything got in readiness for the tussel
with the tifteen-knot breeze and heavy
squalls certainly promised. Before noon
yachts both large and small began to ap-
proach. 1t was a good testing day, and
many shippers followed the movements of
the two schooners so soon to be lost to view
upon the broad ocean, that were
darting about upon the bay. Spec
tators had arrayed themselves in COM
mandlng positions along both shores Of
the narrows, and as the time drew near
for the start they could be counted by the
hundreds. 1t was cold day and the un-
protected headlands were not the most
comfortable; but this seemed not to inter-
fere with the lovers of yachting. By 1880
o'clock pleasure craft of all description lay
off Owl Head waiting for the start. They
presented a beautiful marine picture. Above
ali lowered the spars of the two beautiful
schoOnerS with their great spread of canvas.
The Luckenbach. with the regatta commit
tee of the New York Yacht club, hove in
sight and preparations were made for the
departure. Both of the contestants
was given ten minutes before they
started. The wind had not subsidized nor
has the sea became less restless. Every
one was on the alert. and when the final
gun was fired all were, watching earnestly
When the last signal was given from the
Luckenbach at Ito the wind was twenty
four miles and increasing, and the tide a
strong ebb. The Coronet, with topsails
set, got away first, crossing the imaginary
line between Owls Head and Buoy Is off
the Staten Island shore at LA, setting one
immense square sail, followed by the
Dauntless five minutes later with every
stitch of canvas set. The wind was aim .,St
free out Of the NarroWs, and
THE TWO YANKEE sCHooNERs
started with good prospects and many a ST.
lent Godspeed on their way to Cork Harbor.
where the race is to be finished off Roche's
Point. In the preliminary play for position
before the start, the DauntlesS heeled oveI
sympathetically under the influence of the
stiff northwesterly breeze, while the Coro-
net stood up like house. Only lower
sails were carried. After they haC
started the audaciouS Yankee:
stretched down the Narrows majestically
The Dauntless curled the seething wave:
under shapely bows, and the Corone
pushed rapidly through the sparkling blue
in a mastery and defiant way. Club pen
nants and private signals were carried a
the mastheads, and the American ensigr
was displayed at the main peaks of botf
vessels. The Coronet seemed to bt
the favorite among the spectators
and by her mastery handling anC
evident ability justified the opinion
The judges boat left the yachts wher
north of the light ship at $50. The yacht!
are
FORGING AHEAD,
with twenty-four-mile north, northwes
breeze. The weather remains clear an(
the sea has gone down some, The Corone
is still leading by about quarter of a mile
SANDY Hook, March -, 2:5S p. H.
The yachts are hull down from here. The
Coronet is about half a mile to the south
ward and is somewhat ahead of tht
Dauntless. The wind is blowing at the rat,
of twenty-five miles an hour and is from
the north and northwest. The weather i
haZy off shore. A light sea is running.
Owls HEAD, March 12.-Within tifteer
minutes after the yachts started they Were
abreast of the Upper Hospital island. The
Dauntless appeared to be rapidly overhaul
| ing the Coronet. All of the steam tugs ant
the steamer Bay Ridge and the steam yach
Meteor followed in the wake of TIL
fast disappearing racers, but the
were unable to keep pace wit
them. A salute was fired tron
the Dauntless as she passed Fort Hamilton
BY O'Clock nothing but dim line of th
boats was visible from here. The on
that reaches Roche's Point first will be tn
winner This race really grew out of
discussion among several yachtsmen lat
last fall, regarding the relative merits o
various American yachts in heav
weather. Capt. Colt, who was ON
of the party concerned, contended that tn
! Dauntless was the best boat Of her kind ol
this side of the Atlantic for ocean travelling
| This came to the ears of Il. t. Bush, who's
yacht had Just returned from Cowes ant
had made such good record for herself
both in going across and returning, that b
placed considerable confidence in he
| ability to make the paSsag
more quickly than any other kee
schooner atloat. For time there was tall
of race in December or January, but a
no propositions emanating from the owner
were made the matter was forgotten. Th
subject was soon revived. however, AM
about the middle of January arrangement
were completed for the race which begal
to-day. The
PREPARATION OF THE BOATS
for their rather risky trip was at once be
gun. The lower masts Of the Dauntles
were shortened five feet, and the foremas
of the Coronet two feet. Nine and hal
feet were taken off the CorOner's topmast
Those of the DauntleSS were not changed
The Dauntless was fitted with new rigg in
throughout, the Coronet with new lanyard
forward and new preventer bowspr
shrouds. Five and half tons of lead Wer
run into the Dauntless' keel and seye
tons into the Coronets. The Dauntles
was declared to be ready for the contest
after having taken trial rip on March
Her rival, however, was delayed by tn
tide being so low as to prevent her bein
taken up on the dry dock and when sh
was finally out of the waite
and was ready to be flOated agai
the low tides once more interfered. Whe